Best Drama movies of 1970s

Actors : Robin Mattson, Scott Brady, Steve Sandor, Tiffany Bolling,
Directors : Arthur Marks,

Sisters Myra and Ellie have finally had enough of their miserable, dead-end lives. When their step-father Charley (The Bonnie from the title being long dead) tried to rape Myra, Ellie ...

Actors : Ray Ashcroft, Stephen MacKenna, Rod Culbertson, John Altman,
Directors : Richard Marquand,

An account of The Beatles during the Hamburg years, their signing with Brian Epstein and their inevitable rise during the early sixties.

Actors : Ling Chia, Jirô Yabuki, Aaron Banks, Etsuko Shiomi,

Karate master and anti-drug vigilante Chiba returns to his home in Japan, where he holds a press conference announcing his intention to wipe out the nation's drug industry. He also offers ...

Actors : James Tien, Hark-On Fung, Sammo Kam-Bo Hung, Sing Chen,
Directors : Sammo Kam-Bo Hung,

The Iron-Fisted Monk marks the directorial debut of Sammo Hung (Painted Faces, TVÂ's Martial Law), who used the opportunity to push the envelop in kung fu action films.

Actors : Shin'ichi Chiba, Makoto Satô, Yutaka Nakajima, Naoya Makoto,
Directors : Noribumi Suzuki,

Sonny Chiba plays the character referred to as "Mr Soh", who is based on the true life founder of Shorinji Kempo, Doshin So. Mr Soh has been acting as a secret agent in Manchuria during the...

Actors : Stacy Keach, Edward Fox, Stephen Boyd, David Hemmings,
Directors : Michael Apted,

A dangerous, violent gang kidnaps a woman and her daughter to extort some money from her rich husband. He and her down-on-his-luck ex-cop ex-husband decide to deal with the kidnappers themselves.

Actors : Giovannella Grifeo, Danilo Mattei, Carmen Scarpitta, Nino Manfredi,
Directors : Luigi Magni,

In 1867, with Garibaldi's forces close to bringing Rome into the Italian kingdom, Monsignor Colombo da Priverno, a world-weary judge on the papal court, wants to resign, disgusted by the ...

Actors : William Smith, Joe Namath, Jennifer Billingsley, Ann-Margret,
Directors : Seymour Robbie,

Motorcycle mechanic C.C. Ryder joins "The Heads," an outlaw biker gang. Fellow gang members menace fashion journalist Ann when her limo breaks down in the desert, but C.C. comes to her ...

Actors : Marta Flores, Xabier Elorriaga, Frank Braña, Víctor Petit,
Directors : José Antonio de la Loma,

A gang of fifteen-year-old living in the suburbs of Barcelona have specialized in car theft. With that cars they are engaged in giving the "pull", storming shops to sell goods and attack ...

Actors : Sarah Miles, Jon Finch, John Mills, Richard Chamberlain,
Directors : Robert Bolt,

A noblewoman doomed to a loveless marriage falls into a scandalous affair with the dashing Lord Byron.

Actors : Roberto Gómez Bolaños, Carlos Villagrán, Florinda Meza, Ramón Valdés,
Directors : Enrique Segoviano,

The life of an untalented, but extremely kind waterboy who works for a Mexican soccer team, and how his life unexpectedly changed, when his wife fell pregnant.

Actors : Paul Kermack, William Carrol, Stephen Archibald, Jessie Combe,
Directors : Bill Douglas,

Jamie leaves the children's home to live with his paternal grandmother. After working in a mine and in a tailor's shop, he is conscripted into the RAF, and goes to Egypt, where he is ...

Actors : Jack Cassidy, Rod Steiger, John Marley, Valerie Perrine,
Directors : Arthur Hiller,

W.C. Fields is an American original, the curmudgeonly master of wit and good, mean fun.

Actors : Bulle Ogier, Jean-Luc Bideau, Jacques Denis, Véronique Alain,
Directors : Alain Tanner,

Two men, arty though somewhat staid, are drawn to the spirited and quixotic Rosemonde, a young working-class woman whom they meet because they're writing a teleplay about a minor but ...

Actors : Claudia Cardinale, Enzo Jannacci, Michel Piccoli, Ugo Tognazzi,
Directors : Marco Ferreri,

A young man from north Italy named Amedeo decides to come to Rome.He has a crazy idea in his head to meet the pope.

Actors : Rekha, Zeenat Aman, Prem Chopra, Ajit,
Directors : Vijay Anand,

Ram and Balram are 2 young boys who live with their loving parents. Their scheming uncle, Jagatpal, however kills the boy's father and mother. Jagatpal lies to the boys that their parents ...

Actors : John Heard, Susan Dey, William Katt, Beverly D'Angelo,
Directors : Joan Darling,

A young man is in love for the first time. However, his girlfriend is older than him, from a rich family and has more experience with relationships. Their love is sometimes emotionally draining, but physically very passionate. Can it last?

Actors : Brock Peters, Ed McMahon, Don Stroud, Jim Brown,
Directors : Gordon Douglas,

Vigilante Slaughter comes under attack from Duncan, a local money launderer whose hit-man traps Slaughter in a car at a cliff, but Slaughter escapes, arms himself, and goes after Duncan's hideout.

Actors : Yvonne Mitchell, Sharon Gurney, Simon Gough, Michael Gough,
Directors : Viktors Ritelis,

A mother and daughter hatch a scheme to murder their family's domineering and sadistic patriarch.

Actors : Nelly Borgeaud, Jean Carmet, Michel Piccoli, Gérard Depardieu,
Directors : Jacques Rouffio,

Civil servant Adrien Courtois comes to Paris in order to make his money bear fruits.